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Vaud takes its wines to China, HK

25/04/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Six wineries from canton Vaud are getting a helping hand from watchmaker Hublot and its chairman Jean-Claude Biver in Hong Kong and Shanghai, China this week, during a series of presentations and tasting sessions. The group, working with the Vaud Wines Office, is looking to build contacts with importers and to introduce their wines to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: China, Vaud wines

World wine consumption stable, production up

11/04/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Spain now 2nd largest producer GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The world’s wine drinkers are holding steady, consuming nearly 239 million hecolitres of wine in 2013, the OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine) in Paris said this week. Production increased last year, however, by 8.5 percent worldwide, compared to the weak production in 2012. Spain in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: China, France, OIV, Paris, Spain, world wine production 2013

Beijing direct from Geneva – Air China to open 4 weekly routes

23/01/2013 by Ellen Wallace

Ed. note: for anyone stranded by the three-hour closing of Geneva’s airport Saturday 19 January due to bad weather, the airport now has an official announcement for download, for insurance or other purposes. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One of the world’s largest airline, Air China, with 400 aircraft in its fleet, is adding a new direct […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Beijing, China, Deillon, direct flights, Geneva Airport, Isabel Rochat, Switzerland

Italians, Spaniards and French visited Swiss in November

16/01/2013 by Ellen Wallace

BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss tourism figures showed some unusual developments in November 2013, with Italy showing the strongest growth, with overnight stays up 14 percent, France up 8.2 percent and Spain up 14 percent. Italy led the way with the largest overall increase in visitors, but European visits to Switzerland as a whole rose 2.9 […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Basel, China, French, Geneva, hotels, India, Italians, November 2012, overnight stays, Spaniards, statistics, Switzerland, tourism industry, USA

Strong franc hurts Swiss hotel industry in July

05/09/2012 by Ellen Wallace

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss tourism industry, notably the hotel sector, had it worst decline in months due to the strong Swiss franc, figures for July released 5 September show. The number of overnight stays was down 7.2 percent, with stays by foreigners down 8.8 percent to 2.2 million of the 3.8m total. European visitors, […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: China, Germany, overnight hotel stays, Swiss franc, Swiss tourism

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